Nanomaterials for Environmental Protection

Preface ix     LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS xi     LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xv     Part I Remediation with use of metals, metal oxides, complexes and composites 1     1 Groundwater Water Remediation by Static Diffusion Using Nano-Zero Valent Metals (Fe0, Cu0, Al0), n-FeHn+, n-Fe(OH)x, n-FeOOH, n-Fe-[OxHy](n+/   ) 3  David D.J. Antia     2 Nanostructured Metal Oxides for Wastewater Disinfection 27  Erick R. Bandala, Marco Antonio Quiroz Alfaro, Monica Cerro-Lopez, and Miguel A. Mendez-Rojas     3 Cu2O-Based Nanocomposites for Environmental Protection: Relationship between Structure and Photocatalytic Activity, Application, and Mechanism 41  Liangbin Xiong, Huaqing Yu, Xin Ba, Wenpei Zhang, and Ying Yu     4 Multifunctional Nanocomposites for Environmental Remediation 71  Suying Wei, Jiahua Zhu, Hongbo Gu, Huige Wei, Xingru Yan, Yudong Huang, and Zhanhu Guo     5 Nanomaterials for the Removal of Volatile Organic Compounds from Aqueous Solutions 85  Amro El Badawy and Hafiz H.M. Salih     6 Hybrid Metal Nanoparticle-Containing Polymer Nanofibers for Environmental Applications 95  Yunpeng Huang, Shige Wang, Mingwu Shen, and Xiangyang Shi     7 Nanomaterials on the Basis of Chelating Agents, Metal Complexes, and Organometallics for Environmental Purposes 109  Boris I. Kharisov, Oxana V. Kharissova, and Ubaldo Ortiz Mendez     Part II Remediation with use of carbon nanotubes 125     8 Carbon Nanotubes: Next-Generation Nanomaterials for Clean Water Technologies 127  Yit Thai Ong, Kian Fei Yee, Qian Wen Yeang, Sharif Hussein Sharif Zein, and Soon Huat Tan     Part III Photo catalytical remediation 143     9 New Advances in Heterogeneous Photocatalysis for Treatment of Toxic Metals and Arsenic 145  Marta I. Litter and Natalia Quici     10 Nanostructured Titanium Dioxide for Photocatalytic Water Treatment 169  David G. Rickerby     11 Destruction of Chloroorganic Compounds with Nanophotocatalysts 183Rashid A. Khaydarov, Renat  R. Khaydarov, and Olga Gapurova     12 Semiconductor Nanomaterials for Organic Dye Degradation and Hydrogen Production via Photocatalysis 193  Leticia M. Torres-Martinez, Isaias Juarez-Ramirez, and Mayra Z. Figueroa-Torres     Part IV Nanoadsorbents and Nanofiltration 205     13 Advanced Oxidation Processes, Nanofiltration, and Application of Bubble Column Reactor 207  Sukanchan Palit     14 Carbon Nanomaterials as Adsorbents for Environmental Analysis 217  Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain     15 Application of Nanoadsorbents in Water Treatment 237  Amit Bhatnagar and Mika Sillanpaa     16 Organo-Clay Nanohybrid Adsorbents in the Removal of Toxic Metal Ions 249  Peng Liu     Part V Membranes on nanomaterials basis 269     17 Water Remediation Using Nanoparticle and Nanocomposite Membranes 271  Kian Fei Yee, Qian Wen Yeang, Yit Thai Ong, Vel Murugan Vadivelu, and Soon Huat Tan     Part VI Green methods in nanomaterials synthesis 293     18 Green Methodologies in the Synthesis of Metal and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles 295  Aniruddha B. Patil and Bhalchandra M. Bhanage     19 An Environmentally Friendly and Green Approach for Synthesis and Applications of Silver Nanoparticles 313  Muniyandi Jeyaraj, Muralidharan Murugan, Kevin John Pulikotil Anthony, and Sangiliyandi Gurunathan     20 Green Synthesis of Nanomaterials Using Biological Routes 329  Rajesh Ramanathan, Ravi Shukla, Suresh K. Bhargava, and Vipul Bansal     Part VII CO2 adsorption 349     21 Nanomaterials for Carbon Dioxide Adsorption 351  Luis Angel Garza Rodriguez and Elsa Nadia Aguilera Gonzalez     Part VIII Intelligent nanomaterials 373     22 Development of Intelligent Nanomaterials as a Strategy to Solve Environmental Problems 375  Jose Ruben Morones-Ramirez     Part IX   Desalination 387     23 Engineered Nanomaterials for Purification and Desalination of Palatable Water 389  Vijay C. Verma, Swechha Anand, Mayank Gangwar, and Santosh K. Singh     Part X   Nanocatalysis 401     24 Nanocatalytic Wastewater Treatment System for the Removal of Toxic Organic Compounds 403  Sodeh Sadjadi     25 Catalyst Design Based on Nano-Sized Inorganic Core of Enzymes: Design of Environmentally Friendly Catalysts 429  Mohammad Mahdi Najafpour     Part XI Nanosensors 443     26 Neutron-Fluence Nanosensors Based on Boron-Containing Materials 445  Levan Chkhartishvili     Part XII Nanoreservoirs for hydrogen storage 451     27 Hydrogen Nanoreservoirs made of Boron Nitride 453  Levan Chkhartishvili     Part XIII Fuel cells on nanomaterials basis 469     28 Fuel Cells with Nanomaterials for Ecologically Pure Transport 471  Gennady Gerasimov     Part XIV Remediation of radionuclides 483     29 Humic Functional Derivatives and Nanocoatings for Remediation of Actinide-Contaminated Environments 485  Irina V. Perminova, Stepan N. Kalmykov, Natalia S. Shcherbina, Sergey A. Ponomarenko, Vladimir A. Kholodov, Alexander P. Novikov, Richard G. Haire, and Kirk Hatfield     Part XV Environmental risks and toxicity 503     30 Environmental Risks of Nanotechnology: Evaluating the Ecotoxicity of Nanomaterials 505  Miguel A. Mendez-Rojas, Jose Luis Sanchez-Salas, Aracely Angulo-Molina, and Teresa de Jesus Palacios-Hernandez     31 Environmental Risk, Human Health, and Toxic Effects of Nanoparticles 523  Jamuna Bai A. and Ravishankar Rai V.     32 Implications of the Use of Nanomaterials for Environmental Protection: Challenges in Designing Environmentally Relevant Toxicological Experiments 537  Rute F. Domingos and Jose P. Pinheiro     Concluding Remarks 551     Author Index 555     Subject Index 559